The Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecture is a lectureship recognizing a faculty member who has made significant contributions to graduate education at Auburn University. The lecture is jointly sponsored by the Graduate School and the Auburn Alumni Association. The Auburn Alumni Association generously provides a $2,000 award to the recipient, who is nominated by his or her department and selected by a committee of graduate faculty. Awarded every academic year since 1975-76, the lectureship fosters a better understanding of the significant scholarly contributions made by Auburn University’s faculty.
2024-25 nominations
- Read the instructions on how to nominate a faculty member for the 2024-25 Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecture.
Past Recipients
Year | Name | Department |
1975-76 | Malcolm McMillan | History |
1976-77 | Martial A. Honnell | Electrical Engineering |
1977-78 | Donald E. Davis | Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
1978-79 | Benjamin F. Hoerlein | Small Animal Surgery & Medicine |
1979-80 | Madison P. Jones | English |
1980-81 | Carl S. Hoveland | Agronomy & Soils |
1981-82 | Sidney D. Beckett | Physiology & Pharmacology |
1982-83 | Robert R. Rea | History |
1983-84 | Paul Melius | Chemistry |
1984-85 | Charles L. Phillips | Electrical Engineering |
1985-86 | Richard W. Redding | Physiology & Pharmacology |
1985-86 | Paul D. Hill | Mathematics & Statistics |
1986-87 | Fred J. Molz | Civil Engineering |
1987-88 | David A. Roland | Poultry Science |
1988-89 | Rodrigo Rodriguez-Kabana | Plant Pathology |
1989-90 | Charles C. Lindner | Mathematics & Statistics |
1990-91 | Leonard L. Grigsby | Electrical Engineering |
1991-92 | J. Wayne Flynt | History |
1992-93 | Dale L. Huffman | Animal & Dairy Sciences |
1993-94 | C. Randall Clark | Pharmacal Sciences |
1994-95 | Ram C. Purohit | Large Animal Surgery & Medicine |
1995-96 | Richard C. Jaeger | Electrical Engineering |
1996-97 | Chris Rodger | Discrete & Statistical Sciences |
1997-98 | L. Bruce Gladden | Health & Human Performance |
1998-99 | W. David Lewis | History |
1999-00 | David B. South | Forestry & Wildlife Sciences |
2000-01 | Daniel Szechi | History |
2001-02 | Krystyna Kuperberg | Mathematics |
2002-03 | Jitendra K. Tugnait | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
2003-04 | Jacquelyn Mize | Human Development and Family Studies |
2004-05 | Vitaly Vodyanoy | Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology |
2005-06 | Olav Kallenberg | Mathematics & Statistics |
2006-07 | Ram B. Gupta | Chemical Engineering |
2007-08 | Bernhard Kaltenboeck | Pathobiology |
2008-09 | Kim Walls | Curriculum & Teaching |
2009-10 | Malcolm J. Crocker | Mechanical Engineering |
2010-11 | Chris Newland | Psychology |
2011-12 | Gary Gruenhage | Mathematics & Statistics |
2012-13 | S. D. Worley | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
2014-15* | Paula Backscheider | English |
2015-16 | Barry Burkhart | Psychology |
2016-17 | Stewart Schneller | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
2017-18 | Henry Kinnucan | Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology |
2018-19 | Rex Dunham | Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences |
2019-20 | Russell Muntifering | Animal Sciences |
2020-21 | Jeffrey Suhling | Mechanical Engineering |
2022-23 | Nancy Barry | Curriculum & Teaching |
2023-24 | Frank “Skip” Bartol | Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology |
2024-25 | Nima Shamsaei | Mechanical Engineering |
* In 2008, the Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecture was moved from the spring to the fall. To more accurately reflect the timing of the lecture, the numbering sequence skipped ahead one year following the 2012-13 lecture. While the award is presented in fall, the lecture typically occurs in the following spring semester.
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